Bahadur Singh Chauhan, born on 8 February 1946 in a Sikh

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family is a former

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ter. Between 1973 and 1985 he won three gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the Asian Games and Championships. He placed 15th at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, and was honoured with

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and

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. He is a recipient of

Dronacharya Award The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a ch ...

, by the

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. Presently he is working as the head coach of the Indian athletics team.

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* Indian male shot putters Living people Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Recipients of the Dronacharya Award 1946 births Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Olympic athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for India Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Athletics Championships winners {{India-athletics-bio-stub